Indlela encinci kaPawulos

Vuyani ngamaxesha onke;
kwaye bulela kuzo zonke iimeko,
kuba oku kukuthanda kukaThixo
ngenxa yenu kuKristu Yesu.
( 1 Tesalonika 5:16 )

UKUSUSELA Ndigqibele ndinibhalela, ubomi bethu bungene kumbhodamo njengoko sele siqalisile ukusuka kwelinye iphondo ukuya kwelinye. Ngaphezulu koko, iindleko ezingalindelekanga kunye nolungiso luye lwakhula phakathi komzabalazo oqhelekileyo kunye neekontraka, imihla ebekiweyo, kunye nekhonkco lobonelelo olwaphukileyo. Izolo, ekugqibeleni ndavuthela i-gasket kwaye kwafuneka ndihambe ixesha elide.

Emva kweseshini ephoxayo emfutshane, ndiye ndaqonda ukuba ndiphulukene nombono; Ndibanjelwe okwexeshana, ndiphazanyiswe ziinkcukacha, nditsaleleke kwi-vortex yokungasebenzi kakuhle kwabanye (kunye neyam). Njengoko iinyembezi zazisehla ebusweni bam, ndathumela umyalezo welizwi koonyana bam ndicela uxolo ngokuphulukana nokuphola kwam. Ndiphulukene neyona nto ibalulekileyo - laa nto uBawo ebesoloko endibuza yona ngokuphindaphindiweyo nangokuzola iminyaka:

Funa kuqala ubukumkani bukaThixo nobulungisa bakhe, kwaye zonke ezi zinto [ufuna] ziya kunikwa ngaphandle. (Mat 6:33)

Enyanisweni, kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zidluleyo ndiye ndabona indlela ukuphila nokuthandaza “kukuthanda KukaThixo” okuye kwazisa imvisiswano enkulu ngayo, naphakathi kwezilingo.^[1]cf. Indlela Yokuphila Kwintando KaThixo Kodwa xa ndiqala usuku kwintando yam (nokuba ndicinga ukuba intando yam ibalulekile), yonke into ibonakala ngathi ihlehla ukusuka apho. Onjani ulwalathiso olula: Funa kuqala uBukumkani bukaThixo. Kum, oko kuthetha ukuqala imini yam kubudlelane noThixo ngomthandazo; oko kuthetha ukwenza i umsebenzi womzuzu ngamnye, okuyintando ecacileyo kaBawo ngobomi bam nobizo lwam.

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Njengoko ndandiqhuba, ndafumana umnxeba ovela kumfundisi waseBasilian uFr. UClair Watrin uninzi lwethu olumthatha njengengcwele ephilayo. Wayesebenza kakhulu kwiintshukumo zengca eNtshona Canada kunye nomlawuli wokomoya kwabaninzi. Nanini na xa ndisiya kuvuma izono kunye naye, ndandisoloko ndintywizisa iinyembezi nje kubukho bukaYesu kuye. Ungaphezulu kweminyaka engama-90 ngoku, uvalelwe kwikhaya labantu abadala (abazukubavumela ukuba batyelele abanye ngoku ngenxa ye-“Covid”, umkhuhlane, njl.njl., ukhohlakele ngokuphandle), kwaye ke uhlala kwintolongo yeziko, ethwele. iingxaki zakhe. Kodwa emva koko wathi kum,

…kwaye ndimangalisiwe yindlela athe uThixo walunga ngayo kum, indlela andithanda ngayo kwaye endinike isipho soKholo lweNyaniso. Ekuphela kwento esinayo lixesha langoku, ngoku, njengoko sincokola ngefowuni. Kulapho akhoyo uThixo ngoku; le nto sinayo yonke kuba sisenokungabi nayo ingomso.

Wahlabela mgama ethetha ngemfihlelo yokubandezeleka, nto leyo eyandenza ndakhumbula oko kwathethwa ngumfundisi wethu wecawa ngoLwesihlanu oLungileyo:

UYesu akazange afe ukuze asisindise ekubandezelekeni; Wafa ukuze asisindise ngokusebenzisa ukubandezeleka.

Kwaye apha sifika ke kwiSt. Paul's Little Way. Kwesi sibhalo, uF. UClair wathi, “Ukuzama ukuphila esi Sibhalo kubutshintshile ubomi bam”:

Vuyani ngamaxesha onke; kwaye bulela kuzo zonke iimeko, kuba oku kukuthanda kukaThixo ngenxa yenu kuKristu Yesu. ( 1 Tesalonika 5:16 )

Ukuba ‘sifuna kuqala uBukumkani bukaThixo,’ ke esi sibhalo sithi indlela…

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“Hlalani Ninemihlali Ngamaxesha Onke”

Umntu uvuya njani xa ebandezeleka, enoba kokwenyama, kwengqondo, okanye kokomoya? Impendulo intlu-mbini. Eyokuqala kukuba akukho nto yenzekayo kuthi engeyiyo intando kaThixo evumelayo. Kodwa kutheni uThixo endivumela ukuba ndibandezeleke, ingakumbi xa kubuhlungu ngokwenene? Impendulo kukuba uYesu weza kusisindisa ngokusebenzisa ukubandezeleka kwethu. Wabaxelela abaPostile bakhe: “Okwam ukudla kukuba ndenze ukuthanda kowandithumayo; . . . ^[2]John 4: 34 Kwaye ke UYesu wasibonisa indlela ngokubandezeleka kwaKhe.

Eyona nto inamandla ebopha umphefumlo kukuchitha intando yakhe kweyam. —UYesu kuMkhonzi kaThixo uLuisa Piccarreta, kaMatshi 18, 1923, Umqu. 15

Impendulo yesibini kule mfihlelo ithi nembono. Ukuba ndigxile kwintlupheko, intswela-bulungisa, inkxwaleko okanye ukuphoxeka, ngoko ndilahlekelwa yimbono. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ndiyakwazi ukuzinikela kwaye ndivume ukuba oku kuyintando kaThixo, kwaye ke, isixhobo sokuhlanjululwa kwam.

Okwakalokunje lonke uqeqesho lubonakala luyintlungu, alumnandi; kamva lubanika isiqhamo esiluxolo, oko kukuthi sobulungisa, abo baqhelisiweyo lulo. ( Hebhere 12:11 )

Le yinto esiyibiza ngokuba “ngumnqamlezo.” Enyanisweni, ndicinga ukuba ndiyanikezela ulawulo phezu imeko ngamanye amaxesha buhlungu ngaphezu imeko ngokwayo! Xa sisamkela Ukuthanda kukaThixo “njengomntwana” ngoko, ngokwenene, sinokuvuya kwimvula ngaphandle kweambrela.

“Thandaza Ngokuqhubekayo”

Kwiimfundiso ezintle ngomthandazo kwi IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika ithi,

KuMnqophiso oMtsha, umthandazo lubudlelwane obuphilayo babantwana bakaThixo kunye noYise wabo olungileyo ngaphaya komlinganiselo, kunye noNyana wakhe uYesu Krestu kunye noMoya oyiNgcwele. Ubabalo loBukumkani “lumanyano lukaBathathu Emnye ongcwele nowasebukhosini . . . ngawo wonke umoya womntu.” Ke, ubomi bomthandazo ngumkhwa wokuba kubukho bukaThixo ongcwele kathathu kunye nokunxibelelana naye. Lo mthendeleko wobomi uhlala unokwenzeka ngenxa yokuba, ngoBhaptizo, sele simanyene noKristu. (CCC, n. 2565)

Ngamanye amazwi, uThixo uhlala ekhona kum, kodwa ngaba ndikho kuye? Ngelixa umntu engenakuhlala ecamngca kwaye enze “imithandazo”, thina unako yenza umsebenzi welo xesha - "izinto ezincinci" - ngothando olukhulu. Sinokuzihlamba izitya, sitshayele, okanye sithethe nabanye ngothando nengqalelo ngabom. Ngaba wakha wenza umsebenzi ophantsi onjengokuqinisa ibhawuthi okanye ukukhupha inkunkuma ngokuthanda uThixo nommelwane? Nalo ke ngumthandazo kuba “uThixo uluthando”. Kwenzeka njani ukuba uthando lube ngowona mnikelo uphakamileyo?

Ngamanye amaxesha xa ndisemotweni ndikunye nomfazi wam, ndiye ndifike ndimbambe ngesandla. Oko kwanele ukuba "ube" naye. Ukuba kunye noThixo akusoloko kufuna ukwenza “ok. ukuthandaza, ukuya kwiMisa, njl. Ngokwenene kukuMvumela ukuba afikelele abambe isandla sakho, okanye ngokubhidana, uze uqhubeke uqhuba.

Konke ekufuneka bekwenzile kukuphumeza ngokuthembekileyo imisebenzi elula yobuKristu kunye nabo babizelwe imeko yabo yobomi, bamkele ngovuyo zonke iingxaki abadibana nazo kwaye bazithobe kwintando kaThixo kuko konke ekufuneka bekwenzile okanye ukubandezeleka-ngaphandle, nangayiphi na indlela. , bezifunela inkathazo… Into uThixo ayilungiselele ukuba siyifumane ngomzuzu ngamnye yeyona nto ingcwele neyona ingcwele inokwenzeka kuthi. —Fr. UJean-Pierre de Caussade, Ukulahla kulungiselelo lukaThixo, (DoubleDay), iphepha 26-27

“Ezintweni zonke bulelani”

Kodwa akukho nto iphazamisa ukuhlala ngoxolo phambi koThixo ngaphandle kokubandezeleka okungalindelekanga okanye ixesha elide. Ndithembe, ndinguMboniso A.

Fr. UClair uye waphuma esibhedlele mva nje, ukanti, wathetha nam ngokunyaniseka kweentsikelelo ezininzi anazo njengokukwazi ukuhamba, ukubhala ii-imeyile, ukuthandaza, njalo njalo. Kwakumnandi ukuva umbulelo wakhe osuka entliziyweni uphuma kwintliziyo yokwenyani efana nomntwana.

Kwelinye icala, bendikhe ndaluhlaziya uluhlu lweengxaki, imiqobo, nonxunguphalo ebesijongene nalo. Ke, apha kwakhona, iSt. Paul's Little Way yenye yokubuyisela kwakhona nembono. Umntu osoloko egxeka, ethetha ngendlela ezimbi ngayo izinto, indlela ihlabathi elichase ngayo… uphela eyityhefu kwabo bamngqongileyo. Ukuba siza kuvula imilomo yethu, kufuneka siyivule ngabom into esiyithethayo.

Kungoko ndithi, Thuthuzelanani, nakhane, kwanjengokuba nisenjenjalo. (1 Tesalonika 5:11)

Yaye ayikho enye indlela entle nekholekileyo yokwenza oku kunokudumisa uThixo ngazo zonke iintsikelelo azilungiseleleyo. Ayikho indlela engcono nenamandla yokuhlala “ulungile” (okt. intsikelelo kwabo bakungqongileyo) kunale.

Kuba apha asinamzi uhleliyo, singxamele lowo uza kuza. Ngoko masithi ngaye sinyuse ngamaxesha onke kuye uThixo umbingelelo wendumiso, oko kukuthi, isiqhamo somlomo olivumayo igama lakhe. ( Hebhere 13:14-15 )

Le yiNdlela encinci kaPaul… vuyani, thandazani, bulelani, ngamaxesha onke — kuba okwenzekayo ngalo mzuzu, ngoku, yintando kaThixo nokutya kwenu.

…ningabi sazikhathaza... Ndaweni yaloo nto funani ubukumkani bakhe
kwaye zonke iintswelo zakho ziya kunikwa ngaphandle kwakho.
Musani ukuba soyika, mhlambi mncinane;
ngokuba kukholekile kuYihlo ukuninika ubukumkani.
(ULuka 12: 29, 31-32).

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